[PATCH 5/6] configure: Add --enable-sframe option
Sam James
sam@gentoo.org
Mon Jul 14 10:04:21 GMT 2025
claudiu.zissulescu-ianculescu@oracle.com writes:
> From: Claudiu Zissulescu <claudiu.zissulescu-ianculescu@oracle.com>
>
> Enable SFrame stack track information. The --enable-sframe option
> allows the glibc build to compile with SFrame stack track
> information. Thus, enabling glibc's backtrace to work within glibc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Zissulescu <claudiu.zissulescu-ianculescu@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
For this one:
Reviewed-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
> ---
> INSTALL | 5 ++
> Makeconfig | 8 ++-
> NEWS | 4 ++
> config.make.in | 1 +
> configure | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> configure.ac | 44 +++++++++++++++
> manual/install.texi | 5 ++
> 7 files changed, 195 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index 1c4d4b990f..cf60e1a380 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ passed to 'configure'. For example:
>
> Default is to disable fortification.
>
> +'--disable-sframe'
> + By default, the GNU C Library is built with '-Wa,--gsframe' if the
> + current GNU 'binutils' supports it. You may want to use this
> + option if you don't plan to use SFrame stack tracer.
> +
> To build the library and related programs, type 'make'. This will
> produce a lot of output, some of which may look like errors from 'make'
> but aren't. Look for error messages from 'make' containing '***'.
> diff --git a/Makeconfig b/Makeconfig
> index 1bb143e950..8ca41049af 100644
> --- a/Makeconfig
> +++ b/Makeconfig
> @@ -1022,6 +1022,12 @@ endif
> # Filter out 64 bit time_t flags if compiler defines it by default.
> +cflags += $(no-time-bits-source)
>
> +# Enable SFrame while compiling for stack backtracing.
> +ifeq ($(enable-gsframe),yes)
> +as-sframe = -Wa,--gsframe
> +endif
> ++cflags += $(as-sframe)
> +
> # Each sysdeps directory can contain header files that both will be
> # used to compile and will be installed. Each can also contain an
> # include/ subdirectory, whose header files will be used to compile
> @@ -1170,7 +1176,7 @@ endif
> ifndef ASFLAGS
> ASFLAGS := $(filter -g% -fdebug-prefix-map=%,$(CFLAGS))
> endif
> -override ASFLAGS += -Werror=undef $(ASFLAGS-config) $(asflags-cpu)
> +override ASFLAGS += -Werror=undef $(ASFLAGS-config) $(asflags-cpu) $(as-sframe)
>
> move-if-change = $(SHELL) $(..)scripts/move-if-change
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index cc668344c1..59b0b18f0d 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Major new features:
> speed_t is redefined to simply be the baud rate specified as an
> unsigned int, which matches the kernel interface.
>
> +* New stack tracer using SFrame. Introducing --disable-sframe a new
> + configuration flag. Building glibc using sframe is automatically
> + enabled when the build system supports it.
> +
> Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>
> * The glibc.rtld.execstack now supports a compatibility mode to allow
> diff --git a/config.make.in b/config.make.in
> index 59897eaec2..382e003d87 100644
> --- a/config.make.in
> +++ b/config.make.in
> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ c++-cstdlib-header = @CXX_CSTDLIB_HEADER@
> c++-cmath-header = @CXX_CMATH_HEADER@
> c++-bits-std_abs-h = @CXX_BITS_STD_ABS_H@
> enable-werror = @enable_werror@
> +enable-gsframe = @enable_gsframe@
>
> have-z-execstack = @libc_cv_z_execstack@
> have-no-error-execstack = @libc_cv_no_error_execstack@
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 53f7d1fce8..6595d6be54 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ DEFINES
> static_nss
> profile
> libc_cv_multidir
> +enable_gsframe
> +READELF_SFRAME
> libc_cv_test_x86_have_amx_tile
> test_enable_cet
> libc_cv_test_cc_mprefer_vector_width
> @@ -822,6 +824,7 @@ enable_mathvec
> enable_cet
> enable_scv
> enable_fortify_source
> +enable_sframe
> with_cpu
> '
> ac_precious_vars='build_alias
> @@ -1507,6 +1510,8 @@ Optional Features:
> Use -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=[1|2|3] to control code
> hardening, defaults to highest possible value
> supported by the build compiler.
> + --disable-sframe Disable building with SFrame stack trace information
> + [default=yes if GNU as is 2.41 or older]
>
> Optional Packages:
> --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
> @@ -4885,6 +4890,16 @@ case "$enable_fortify_source" in
> *) as_fn_error $? "Not a valid argument for --enable-fortify-source: \"$enable_fortify_source\"" "$LINENO" 5;;
> esac
>
> +# Check whether --enable-sframe was given.
> +if test ${enable_sframe+y}
> +then :
> + enableval=$enable_sframe; use_sframe=$enableval
> +else case e in #(
> + e) use_sframe=notset ;;
> +esac
> +fi
> +
> +
> # We keep the original values in `$config_*' and never modify them, so we
> # can write them unchanged into config.make. Everything else uses
> # $machine, $vendor, and $os, and changes them whenever convenient.
> @@ -9341,6 +9356,120 @@ have-libgcc_s = $libc_cv_have_libgcc_s"
>
>
>
> +# Glibc stacktracer supports SFrame v2 or newer
> +libc_cv_readelf_version_ok=yes
> +# SFrame is supported from 2.41 or higher
> +for ac_prog in $READELF
> +do
> + # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
> +set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
> +{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
> +printf %s "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
> +if test ${ac_cv_prog_READELF_SFRAME+y}
> +then :
> + printf %s "(cached) " >&6
> +else case e in #(
> + e) if test -n "$READELF_SFRAME"; then
> + ac_cv_prog_READELF_SFRAME="$READELF_SFRAME" # Let the user override the test.
> +else
> +as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
> +for as_dir in $PATH
> +do
> + IFS=$as_save_IFS
> + case $as_dir in #(((
> + '') as_dir=./ ;;
> + */) ;;
> + *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
> + esac
> + for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
> + if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
> + ac_cv_prog_READELF_SFRAME="$ac_prog"
> + printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
> + break 2
> + fi
> +done
> + done
> +IFS=$as_save_IFS
> +
> +fi ;;
> +esac
> +fi
> +READELF_SFRAME=$ac_cv_prog_READELF_SFRAME
> +if test -n "$READELF_SFRAME"; then
> + { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $READELF_SFRAME" >&5
> +printf "%s\n" "$READELF_SFRAME" >&6; }
> +else
> + { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
> +printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
> +fi
> +
> +
> + test -n "$READELF_SFRAME" && break
> +done
> +
> +if test -z "$READELF_SFRAME"; then
> + ac_verc_fail=yes
> +else
> + # Found it, now check the version.
> + { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking version of $READELF_SFRAME" >&5
> +printf %s "checking version of $READELF_SFRAME... " >&6; }
> + ac_prog_version=`$READELF_SFRAME --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU readelf.* \([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
> + case $ac_prog_version in
> + '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
> + 2.4[1-9]*|2.[5-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9][0-9]*)
> + ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
> + *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
> +
> + esac
> + { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_prog_version" >&5
> +printf "%s\n" "$ac_prog_version" >&6; }
> +fi
> +if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
> + libc_cv_readelf_version_ok=no
> +fi
> +
> +
> +# Check the current toolchain for SFrame support
> +if test $libc_cv_readelf_version_ok = yes; then
> + { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SFrame support" >&5
> +printf %s "checking for SFrame support... " >&6; }
> +if test ${libc_cv_default_sframe+y}
> +then :
> + printf %s "(cached) " >&6
> +else case e in #(
> + e) cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +int test_function(void)
> +{
> + return 42;
> +}
> +EOF
> + libc_cv_default_sframe=no
> + if ${CC} -c conftest.c -o conftest.o -Wa,--gsframe >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
> + # Check if .sframe section is present and if version > 1
> + $READELF --sframe conftest.o | grep "SFRAME_VER" | grep -qv "VERSION_1"; then
> + libc_cv_default_sframe=yes
> + fi
> + rm -f conftest.c conftest.o
> + ;;
> +esac
> +fi
> +{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_default_sframe" >&5
> +printf "%s\n" "$libc_cv_default_sframe" >&6; }
> +fi
> +
> +# Prevent enabling sframe on non-supporting toolchains
> +enable_gsframe=no
> +if test $use_sframe$libc_cv_default_sframe = yesyes || \
> + test $use_sframe$libc_cv_default_sframe = notsetyes; then
> + enable_gsframe=yes
> +elif test $use_sframe = yes; then
> + { { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in '$ac_pwd':" >&5
> +printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: in '$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
> +as_fn_error $? "toolchain doesn't support SFrame v2 or higher
> +See 'config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
> +fi
> +
> +
> # Set the `multidir' variable by grabbing the variable from the compiler.
> # We do it once and save the result in a generated makefile.
> libc_cv_multidir=`${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -print-multi-directory`
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 09d2ab721c..25b80e34e4 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -440,6 +440,12 @@ case "$enable_fortify_source" in
> *) AC_MSG_ERROR([Not a valid argument for --enable-fortify-source: "$enable_fortify_source"]);;
> esac
>
> +AC_ARG_ENABLE([sframe],
> + [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-sframe],
> + [Disable building with SFrame stack trace information @<:@default=yes if GNU as is 2.41 or older@:>@])],
> + [use_sframe=$enableval],
> + [use_sframe=notset])
> +
> # We keep the original values in `$config_*' and never modify them, so we
> # can write them unchanged into config.make. Everything else uses
> # $machine, $vendor, and $os, and changes them whenever convenient.
> @@ -2115,6 +2121,44 @@ AC_SUBST(libc_cv_test_cc_mprefer_vector_width)
> AC_SUBST(test_enable_cet)
> AC_SUBST(libc_cv_test_x86_have_amx_tile)
>
> +# Glibc stacktracer supports SFrame v2 or newer
> +libc_cv_readelf_version_ok=yes
> +# SFrame is supported from 2.41 or higher
> +AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(READELF_SFRAME, $READELF, --version,
> + [GNU readelf.* \([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
> + [2.4[1-9]*|2.[5-9][0-9]*|[3-9].*|[1-9][0-9][0-9]*],
> + libc_cv_readelf_version_ok=no)
> +
> +# Check the current toolchain for SFrame support
> +if test $libc_cv_readelf_version_ok = yes; then
> + AC_CACHE_CHECK([for SFrame support], libc_cv_default_sframe,
> + [dnl
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +int test_function(void)
> +{
> + return 42;
> +}
> +EOF
> + libc_cv_default_sframe=no
> + if ${CC} -c conftest.c -o conftest.o -Wa,--gsframe >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
> + # Check if .sframe section is present and if version > 1
> + $READELF --sframe conftest.o | grep "SFRAME_VER" | grep -qv "VERSION_1"; then
> + libc_cv_default_sframe=yes
> + fi
> + rm -f conftest.c conftest.o
> + ])
> +fi
> +
> +# Prevent enabling sframe on non-supporting toolchains
> +enable_gsframe=no
> +if test $use_sframe$libc_cv_default_sframe = yesyes || \
> + test $use_sframe$libc_cv_default_sframe = notsetyes; then
> + enable_gsframe=yes
> +elif test $use_sframe = yes; then
> + AC_MSG_FAILURE([toolchain doesn't support SFrame v2 or higher])
> +fi
> +AC_SUBST(enable_gsframe)
> +
> # Set the `multidir' variable by grabbing the variable from the compiler.
> # We do it once and save the result in a generated makefile.
> libc_cv_multidir=`${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -print-multi-directory`
> diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
> index 006f93bb71..0c8d448362 100644
> --- a/manual/install.texi
> +++ b/manual/install.texi
> @@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ If not provided, @option{LEVEL} defaults to highest possible value supported by
> the build compiler.
>
> Default is to disable fortification.
> +
> +@item --disable-sframe
> +By default, the GNU C Library is built with @option{-Wa,--gsframe} if
> +the current GNU @code{binutils} supports it. You may want to use this
> +option if you don't plan to use SFrame stack tracer.
> @end table
>
> To build the library and related programs, type @code{make}. This will
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